Labor
Labor verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: he labored most of the day over the difficult legal brief
Slave and labor are semantically related. in work very hard topic. In some cases you can use "Slave" instead a verb "Labor".
Slave
Slave verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: slaving over a hot stove
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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When she captures Tomoe, Noriko delights in treating her as a slave and when Tomoe refuses to perform the labor, Noriko furiously cuts down a random slave woman.
Source: Monster / Comic Books -
Non-Action Guy: Antoninus, a slave with no combat ability or labor skills, he is instead "a singer of songs" and had worked mainly as a caretaker and tutor for his master's children.
Source: Film / Spartacus - It's revealed in an early scene that once Cinderella is out of the house, it's the daughters who are stuck with the slave-labor.
Source: Abusive Parents / Animated Films
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